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Bo Bice Welcomes Baby Boy No. 3 - E! Online (blog)
White: Kids must sport unique names gracefully - Chippewa Herald
The Name Game: Unique Names - Celebrity Baby Blog (blog)

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Bo Bice Welcomes Baby Boy No. 3 - E! Online (blog)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:00 PM PST

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White: Kids must sport unique names gracefully - Chippewa Herald

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 05:52 PM PST

The Name Game: Unique Names - Celebrity Baby Blog (blog)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:42 PM PST

Name recognition is everything when you're a celebrity, and it's something many celebrity parents appear to be mindful of when it comes to naming their babies. Perhaps it's because they're so at ease in the spotlight or perhaps it's because they're eager to set their child apart — but no matter what the motivation, celebrities are clearly on board with unique names.

Pamela Redmond-Satran, co-founder of nameberry.com, concedes that "unique celebrity baby names are more normal in Hollywood and New York than they may be in the rest of the country." She goes on to note, however,

"When your friends are named Shiloh and Suri and Kingston, it's unlikely that having a unique name will make you stand out in anything but a positive way."

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There are an unlimited ways in which a celebrity mom or dad can arrive at an unusual baby name, and Pamela says that exotic sources are a popular place to start. Rather than the usual Irish or French names, celebrities turn to less traveled locales for inspiration, like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes with daughter Suri, Wesley Snipes with son Alimayu, and Woody Harrelson and daughter Makani.

Another increasingly prevalent method involves place names and words as first names. That's what Pete and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz did with Bronx, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt did with Shiloh, Robert Rodriguez did with Racer, Rocket and Rogue, and Penn Jillette did with Moxie Crimefighter.

Last — but certainly not least — are the "yooneek" spellings that Celebrity Baby Blog readers are always quick to voice an opinion on! Pamela singles out the recent choice of Kloey by Joey Fatone, as well as Ving Rhames' daughter Reignbeau and T-Pain's son Kaydnz Kodah.

In addition to her work with nameberry.com, Pamela has co-authored ten baby-naming books with Linda Rosenkrantz. Their newest title, Beyond Ava & Aiden, is available now.

What is your favorite celebrity-given unique baby name? Which do you like the least?

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